Information about Sewing Masks in the time of COVID-19

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Luana

*This page is being updated as needed – SCROLL DOWN for free patterns, VIDEOS and other info!*

Dear Big-Hearted Sewing Friends,

We are now living in a time where a protective face mask must be worn in public to stay safe, combined with social distancing and other health protocols like frequent hand washing. We are now understanding why Asian citizens wear masks in public…it is just common sense!

The majority of Americans now understand the importance of reducing transmission by wearing masks. Many states are under facemask mandates, including here in Colorado.

Many of our customers made hundreds or even thousands of facemasks to be donated to healthcare and other front line workers, then moved on to make masks for Navajo and Lakota reservations, Homeless populations and Low-Income communities. We have worked closely with the Boulder Emergency Taskforce to provide masks for local frontline workers. Now there are calls for masks for students and teachers as the school year approaches. Some of you who lost your jobs have supplemented your income by making masks to sell.

Neck Gaiter Face Masks are becoming more popular. The best are double-layer with an opening for inserting a filter such as Oly-Fun or other nonwoven. Cotton Jersey is used to make these stretchy tubes that are pulled over the face. New links below for easy Neck Gaiter instructions/patterns.

Another concern for the school year is for students playing wind instruments in Band. There are also links below for those needing specialty masks for students blowing on brass and woodwind instruments, and in some cases to also cover the musical instrument’s air exit point(s).

Sewing patterns for face masks:

DIY Face Mask Pattern Videos from Japan – Many Styles!

Valami Face Mask Pattern

How to Make Adult Mask with Ties – Deaconess

A.B. Mask – By a Nurse, for a Nurse

Fitted Mask with Adjustable Elastic – Video Tutorial

How to Make Your Own Face Mask – CNN

If You Really Must Use Elastic – READ THIS (Ties are Better!)

Save the Gaiters!

A small study prompted fears that neck gaiters could spread more virus droplets than they stop. But new research shows that those face coverings can protect just as well as other cloth masks.

Neck Gaiter Face Mask Patterns:

https://sweetredpoppy.com/how-to-make-a-neck-gaiter-face-mask-sewing-tutorial/

https://www.sewcanshe.com/blog/how-to-sew-a-gaiter-style-face-mask-for-men-or-women

https://jennifermaker.com/gaiter-face-mask-pattern-easy/

  • 19″-19.5″ – Youth Small
  • 19.75″ – 20.25″ – Youth Medium
  • 20.75″-21.25″ – Youth Large
  • 21.5″-22″ – Adult Small
  • 22.5″-23″ – Adult Medium
  • 23.5″-24″ – Adult Large

Considerations for Masks with Windows (for Teachers)

https://makermask.org/key-considerations-for-window-masks/

Specialty Face Masks and Wind Instrument Masks for Students and Musicians:

http://www.unitedsound.org/mask – Several! great wind instrument mask ideas

Musician demonstrates several ideas for ‘masking’ instruments.

Teacher demonstrates flute mask to control air.

Consider others who need masks in your community:

First Responders – EMT, Ambulance, Police and Fire/Emergency workers.

Other Health Care Workers – Senior living facilities, Nursing Homes, Home Care workers.

Government Workers – We are coordinating with the governor’s office to supply those who are still working – making sure our state govt keeps running – including sending out tax refunds. Who is going to work keeping the lights on in your state?

UPS, FedEx and Postal Service delivery employees!

RTD, Lyft, Uber or Via Drivers. Meals on Wheels delivery.

Daycare workers, Foodbank volunteers. Grocery store and cashier staff.

Nursing home residents, homeless communities, prison communities.

Food Delivery Workers – Instacart, Restaurant Delivery Takeout Services.

Airport, government and construction staff required to stay open during shutdown. Law enforcement and security personnel.

Veterinarian staff, animal shelters and pet boarding services.

Here in the Boulder area we are a collection point, for healthcare workers and government workers who have to work during the pandemic. We are in touch with the governor’s office and Boulder Community Hospital for distribution.  You can email me at [email protected] and I can arrange to be a personal collection point on an evening or weekend if you can’t make it to our office during business hours. (Mon – Fri, 7:30 am to 6 pm)

Mask and PPE collection:

eQuilter.com – Boulder Colorado

6201 Spine Rd in Gunbarrel (1/2 block west of 63rd St)

Office Hours – 7:30 am to 6 pm – Monday through Friday

Phone: 303-527-0856

MASKS SAVE LIVES –

Universal mask-wearing is the most overlooked COVID-19 lifesaver

https://www.maskssavelives.org

https://masksnow.org/

Chart from Bob Huttinga PA – explaining how DIY face masks help:

 

High thread count cottons like BATIKS and HAND-DYES (and the PFD greige goods for batiks) are more effective than the standard 60×60 greige goods used for quilt cottons. High thread count fabrics in general are best – look for Premium Muslins and Solids with high thread counts. Light colors are preferred by healthcare workers so they can see when the masks are dirty.

Lining masks with flannel or nonwoven fabrics increases the filtering quality. Many mask-making groups are using Pellon Nonwovens (NON-fusible!) and products like Polypropylene (Oly-Fun) for filtering liners.

Excellent Face Mask Making Page from Moda:

https://my.modafabrics.com/inspiration-resources/making-face-masks

Elastic will break down in repeated hot/bleached washers/dryers, and many are allergic to the latex in the elastic.

Metal in the operating room is an electrical safety hazard. Metal in the operating room can spark and start a fire. 

If the mask is going to someone who will never wear it in an operating room, then it is ok to put in the wire or metal to shape around the nose. Different doctors and hospitals have strong opinions about this, often opposite.

This mask with ties should fit the best for a healthcare worker. Any nurse will tell you that fit of a mask is very important, so you can keep your hands free.

The bindings and ties will contribute to a good mask fit. Hands are full and having to stop to adjust a slipping or gapping mask is awkward and unhygienic. 

Video: Sewing Facemask Ties Without Tools or Pressing

Video: SERGERS can make quick and easy ties!

Facebook video: European quilter, on how to make your own binding.

For all masks, please use clean, tightly-woven cotton fabric on both sides, and sew on a clean work surface. Please place CLEAN face masks in ziplock-style plastic bags for donation.

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Dear Sewing Community: (from Andover Fabrics)

There is a critical shortage of face masks for health professionals and first-responders.  We have been asked to mobilize our community to do what we do best: sew.

To start making an impact, get your materials ready and click the link below:
https://freesewing.org/docs/patterns/fu/instructions/

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Notes from Dr Rita and Dr Chris:

I looked at many websites and liked this method best – especially when made with a tie cord instead of elastic (which is becoming hard to get). Also: the tie cord is adjustable therefore more comfortable.  She mentions and illustrates it on the YouTube tutorial below. I use floral wire for the nose piece.

Sew It – Cloth Surgical Face Mask Pattern: with Elastic and Wire.

https://members.sewitonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/How-To-Sew-A-Facemask-Instructions.pdf

LIST OF MASK PATTERNS AND INSTRUCTIONS:

More information and links offered from our friend Rachel Wallis:
https://docs.google.com/…/15Y2_5fFWuog_o4q3CjhpdfFC8LX…/edit

If you want to make masks, this group has a standard, vetted, tested, downloadable pattern, quality control standards, and regional distribution hubs. – Michael K.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/reliefcraftersofamerica/

Calling All People Who Sew And Make: You Can Help Make Masks For 2020 Healthcare Worker PPE Shortage:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2020/03/20/calling-all-people-who-sew-and-make-you-can-help-solve-2020-n95-type-mask-shortage

How to Make a Face Mask: from Deaconess

https://www.deaconess.com/How-to-make-a-Face-Mask

Fast production method of making masks from Iva in Czech Republic – watch video below!

https://www.facebook.com/stephen.folker/videos/10158315830263816/

How to Sew a Bias Tape Surgical Face Mask with Flexible Nose – very detailed video from sweetredpoppy.com

https://sweetredpoppy.com/how-to-sew-a-bias-tape-surgical-face-mask-with-flexible-nose/?fbclid=IwAR0boOB3MTA4_hArilchX5x64F7LyQ7yvt-25CLHdTwFvdQp6TDEn4BXLJg

https://sweetredpoppy.com/how-to-sew-a-fitted-fabric-mask/

How to sew pleated easy mask with elastic, using clips:

How to make a Face Mask from Shruti in India. This is in Hindi but she uses English words and it is a very good visual tutorial. I’ve asked her to do an English version for this page!

Free Hospital Gown Patterns from Lazy Girl:

Free Hospital Gown Patterns, Plus Face Mask & Scrub Cap

Nurse’s Scrub Cap Pattern – Click HERE

Free Bouffant Surgical Cap Pattern from Doodabug:

https://doodabug.com/product/473/

DIY Scrub Cap from Medical Student

Reversible Scrub Cap Tutorial with Free Pattern and SVG

https://katiekadiddlehopper.blogspot.com/2019/07/reversible-scrub-cap-tutorial-with-free.html

UNC Health is accepting donations of masks sewn at home. Here are sewing instructions for the Face Mask Pattern:

https://makefacemasks.com/pdf/Facemask_pattern_and_guidelines_20200318_v2.pdf

Professional and Home-Made Face Masks Reduce Exposure to Respiratory Infections among the General Population
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440799

Textile Chart showing effectiveness of different fabrics:

https://smartairfilters.com/en/blog/best-materials-make-diy-face-mask-virus/

The Turban Project – scroll down for Adult Face Mask

https://turbanproject.com/patterns

Kid Giddy

https://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2020/03/face-mask-tutorial.html

DIY Cloth Face Mask
https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Cloth-Face-Mask

Face Mask Sewing Pattern
https://www.craftpassion.com/face-mask-sewing-pattern

100 Million Mask Challenge – mask-making tutorial video below:

https://www.providence.org/lp/100m-masks

How to make a Face Mask – Videos

https://youtu.be/fySsaOojEVM
https://youtu.be/phP9k3sxm3U
https://youtu.be/U1mwc295aWw
https://youtu.be/zoPSXaLKCNE
https://youtu.be/S9RWII2-5_4
https://youtu.be/VNvRl5AXt8I

More info about PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) from the CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/respirator-use-faq.html

COVID-19 is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation.
Get the latest public health information from CDC: https://www.coronavirus.gov .
Get the latest research from NIH: https://www.nih.gov/coronavirus.

And finally, if you made it all the way to the bottom of this page (!) here is Dr Elvis at the Mayo Clinic singing “Imagine”.

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Look for the Helpers

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Luana

Well.

What a difference a week makes.

Many of you are probably reading this as you are practicing that new phrase – “social distancing” – or even sheltering in place as the coronavirus sweeps over and through our communities.

I am sure many of you have found, if you’ve lived long enough, that you can overcome anxiety and stress by focusing on helping others. That’s what quilters do. We are the ones that Mr. Rogers called The Helpers.

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'”

I see on our neighborhood NextDoor app, people offering to help elders who can’t go out to buy food or meds. I see online discussions of neighbors working to solve problems as businesses close down and our communities come to a silent stop. But still there are helpers, whose first thought is to find those who are afraid, suffering, paralyzed by panic…who need someone to say “I’ve got your back”.

As I mentioned in Saturday night’s newsletter, we will continue our online mail-order service as long as we can, but we are protecting our staff by cancelling events, and asking local customers to do curbside pickup instead of coming inside. We have no (known) cases of the virus here, so we are washing hands frequently, disinfecting common surfaces, and limiting our exposure as much as we can.

As always, 2% of sales will go to our charity program, to help those who are impacted by this historic and very surreal event. We send you our love and comfort, and we are here for you if you have special needs while you are undoubtedly sewing and keeping safe at home.

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul

*The miniature quilt above was photographed by Luana at the Tokyo Quilt Festival in January. The artist’s name is printed in Kanji in the lower left corner. The frame features Spring fabrics currently in stock. For more photos visit her photo page.

eQuilter Classroom:
June 1-5 2020 – Paula Nadelstern – Kaleidoscopes & Quilts – Registration OPEN
July 20-23 Betty Busby – Transfer Dyeing
August 6-9 – Cindy Lohbeck Returns
October 5-9 – Susan Carlson – RESCHEDULED
2021 – Jacqueline de Jonge

Luana’s Travel Calendar:
May 14-15 – Quilt Market – CANCELLED
June 19 – Quilt Canada – “Intl Quilt Trends” presentation
June 26 – Intl Quilt Museum – Lincoln NE – Opening Reception & Lecture “For the Love of Gaia”
July 29 – Aug 2 – “Love Your Mother” Gallery in Birmingham UK (Lecture 8/1)
Sept 26 – Quilters Take Manhattan
Oct 16-17 – Visions Art Museum – San Diego (Lecture 10/16)

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Free eQuilter Pattern – Mountain Vista Window

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Luana

Now seems to be a good time to escape from reality and go for some meditative Forest Bathing. This Free Quilt Pattern is the next best thing to going for a walk in Nature. We invite you to open this door and walk out into a dreamy sunrise landscape…and the stillness of a misty mountain morning.

You’ll be amazed at how the combination of a landscape panel, coordinates and hand-dyes creates this inviting and expansive scenic view. When we look at this quilt, we can almost hear a distant mountain stream, morning dew dripping from pine needles, and daybreak bird calls from across the valley.

This 56″ x 62″ quilt design makes a lovely Lap/Nap quilt, or a peaceful wall hanging for a room where you like to relax.

…featuring the ‘Mountain Vista’ collection by Timeless Treasures.

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Staying Home to Sew?

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Luana

What a difference a week makes. Last week we were reminding you to set your clocks ahead for Daylight Savings. This week we cannot escape the news about the virus.

Our workshop with Susan Carlson is on hold, and we are discussing various options including webinar with “social distancing” in our classroom, or postponement. Several suppliers have let us know they will not be at Market in May. Many quilt festivals and other events have been cancelled in the next few months.

We’ve been discussing health protocols with our staff, and teams are disinfecting common-touch areas twice a day to keep our staff and visitors safe. We are practicing ‘social distancing’ and washing hands many times a day so we can continue to process your orders. We will just take this a week at a time.
Starting this week we will offer curbside pickup for local orders. If you live locally and wish to save on shipping but not get out of your car to pick up an order, just let us know when you will arrive and we will bring your package out to your car for a *quick* hand-off to protect staff and customer.

We know that many of you are staying home to keep safe and healthy from the virus, and if you are looking on the bright side, it is a fantastic opportunity to organize your stash, and get lots of sewing done. We are a resilient group of creative folks, so I know we will channel all that energy in to new projects that will manifest as an explosion of new quilts and textile art by this Fall. Quilting is one of the most therapeutic activities I can think of, when the world outside is crazy.

On my neighborhood Next Door app/site, several folks have offered to help out however they can – for seniors and those with immune-issues who can’t go out for food or meds. Local teenagers home because of closed schools, are offering to help babysit small kids also out of school, for working parents who can’t take off work. Now is the time to check in on elderly neighbors who live alone, and continue to call them each day as this shutdown passes through our communities.

All of the schools and universities are closed here, so we hope that will blunt the force of the spreading virus. My mom is in a nursing home and they’ve clamped down on visiting, so I am going to keep working, call her every day, and pray she can stay safe. Several of the organizations you see on our charity page, are gearing up to help those affected around the world.

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul

See my Flickr Photo Pages for travel images, comment on our blog, or follow us on Facebook.

Visit Pinterest, eQuilter’s Instagramor Twitter for more Color and Design ideas.

Check out our Video pages for interviews and show reviews.

eQuilter Classroom:
March 28 – Charity Sewing Day – On Hold
April 13-15 2020 – Susan Carlson – On Hold
June 1-5 2020 – Paula Nadelstern – Kaleidoscopes & Quilts – Registration OPEN
July 20-23 Betty Busby – Transfer Dyeing
August 6-9 – Cindy Lohbeck Returns

Luana’s Travel Calendar:
May 14-15 – Quilt Market (May 17 – Sophie’s Graduation!)
June 17-21 – Quilt Canada – Edmonton (Lecture 6/19)
June 26 – Intl Quilt Museum – Lincoln NE – Exhibit Opening & Lecture
July 29 – Aug 2 – “Love Your Mother” in Birmingham UK (Lecture 8/1)
Oct 16-17 – Visions Art Museum – San Diego (Lecture 10/16)

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Free eQuilter Pattern – Dreamy Bears

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Luana

Are you home quilting during a quarantine-induced Stay-cation?
Here’s the perfect Free Quilt Pattern for an extended hibernation while the world outside is in viral chaos. These adorable sleepy bears are just coming out of their long winter nap, hanging out on a tree branch, or sniffing delicate Spring wildflowers.

This 53″ x 60″ quilt design starts off with a 36″ x 44″ panel with one large and three smaller bear vignettes. Then you will piece the clever Bear Track blocks, and sew it all together into a lap/nap quilt or wall hanging. This one makes us smile, so we thought we’d share this beary-big smile and hug with you…because we all need a hug this week!
Featuring the ‘Day Dreams’ collection by Abraham Hunter for Northcott Fabrics.

Don’t miss the popular ‘Artful Snowflake‘ and ‘Backyard Songbirds‘ quilt patterns!

Order the pattern as configured, or customize it to your liking with any of our thousands of fabrics. Just place your desired fabrics in your Wish List, and these fabrics will appear in the Fabric Selector below the pattern.

Click Here for a Video Tutorial of the Free Pattern Designer.
Download Instructions for the pattern at the bottom of the pattern designer page.

Luana and Paul Rubin

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Free eQuilter Pattern – The Road Home

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Luana

This week’s exclusive eQuilter Free Quilt Pattern is a breathtaking scene, featuring a lush pointillist landscape and a starry kaleidoscope sky.

You will gasp out loud when you see Ira’s artwork in person on this central digital-printed 36″ x 44″ panel…the detail and colors will remind you of the Impressionist Master paintings that we love to visit in the world’s great museums.

Be sure to check out the opulent “Shimmer” backing we’ve included
in this 61″ x 68″ quilt pattern kit. The soothing colors of Earth and Sky
will make this quilt a pleasure to sew.

Featuring the ‘Artisan Spirit – The Road Home’ collection by Ira Kennedy for Northcott Fabrics.

Don’t miss the popular ‘Artful Snowflake‘ and ‘Backyard Songbirds‘ quilt patterns!

Order the pattern as configured, or customize it to your liking with any of our thousands of fabrics. Just place your desired fabrics in your Wish List, and these fabrics will appear in the Fabric Selector below the pattern.

Click Here for a Video Tutorial of the Free Pattern Designer.
Download Instructions for the pattern at the bottom of the pattern designer page.

Luana and Paul Rubin

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Happy Anniversary – 21 years!!!

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Luana

This week we are celebrating our 21 year anniversary at eQuilter! In case you are not familiar with the story of our family business, we started the business in the basement of our home, with a little black and white ad in the back of Quilters Newsletter Magazine. I had this idea that I could have a little part time business that I could run out of the basement, and stay home with the kids. However, we had identified a niche of products that was not being provided to the hungry quilters around the world…and the rest is history!

eQuilter is not just an online retailer for quilt fabrics and supplies…we are also a sponsor of quilt exhibits and contests around the world. We support the amazing quilters who create the stunning works of art that are seen at large and small events around the US and the world. Our goal is to inspire and support quilters at every level of their creative development, and to provide those innovative fiber art products that may not be available in a local quilt shop. We advocate for the independent quilt shops in our industry, because if we don’t have those local mom-and-pop quilt shops on Main Street, we don’t have an industry!

All of our kids have worked at our family business, and all of them have traveled to quilt shows with me. Many of you have met our youngest Sophie, when she travels with me to Houston or other quilt festivals. Sophie is graduating from high school in 2 months, and has been accepted into the Music Education program here at CU Boulder. She will come to the opening of my curated exhibit “For the Love of Gaia” at the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln Nebraska on June 26, and she’ll be my gallery helper when we take “Love Your Mother” quilt challenge to the Birmingham UK Festival of Quilts end July. If you come to one of our workshops this summer, she’ll be the classroom attendant.

With your help, our charity program has raised $1.65 million for a variety of non-profits. We give our humble thanks to all of you who have supported this effort, with a special thanks to the quilters who have made and donated comfort quilts for our disaster relief and humanitarian projects with Mission of Love and Engineers Without Borders.

A special thanks to all of our eQuilter staff who keep our warehouse humming, who answer the phones, who wrap your packages and tie them up with a bow. This year we seem to have many new employees with purple, teal and green hair to go with our colorful fabrics!

The world seems to be especially crazy now, but you can count on us to continue to be a reliable source for your creative needs, and we thank you for supporting our dream to be a force for good in the world.

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul

*The beautiful quilt above “I Live On Earth” was photographed by Luana at the Tokyo Quilt Festival in January. The artist’s name is printed in Kanji in the top left corner. For more photos visit her photo page.

eQuilter Classroom:
March 28 – Violet Protest & Finish Quilt Tops
April 13-15 2020 – Susan Carlson – SOLD OUT
June 1-5 2020 – Paula Nadelstern – Kaleidoscopes & Quilts – Registration OPEN
July 20-23 Betty Busby – Transfer Dyeing
August 6-9 – Cindy Lohbeck Returns
2021 – Jacqueline de Jonge

Luana’s Travel Calendar:
May 14-15 – Quilt Market (May 17 – Sophie’s Graduation!)
June 19 – Quilt Canada – “Intl Quilt Trends” presentation
June 26 – Intl Quilt Museum – Lincoln NE – Opening Reception & Lecture “For the Love of Gaia”
July 29 – Aug 2 – “Love Your Mother” Gallery in Birmingham UK (Lecture 8/1)
Sept 26 – Quilters Take Manhattan
Oct 16-17 – Visions Art Museum – San Diego (Lecture 10/16)

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Free eQuilter Pattern – Spring Birds and Blossoms

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Luana

This week’s Free Quilt Pattern is a dreamy fantasy of pastel blues and eggshell white, with peonies, lilacs, butterflies, birds, and eggs in a nest.

You will start with a panel of 6 different vignette blocks, add a floral coordinate and 2 Hoffman Hand-Dyes, and finish with the coordinating stripe in shades of Powder Blue, French Blue, and Eggshell White. This lovely 52″ x 67″ quilt design has a soft elegance that whispers Springtime and brings a quiet gentle comfort as a wall hanging or lap quilt.

Featuring the ‘Spring Blue’ collection by Sandy Lynam Clough for P&B Textiles.

Don’t miss the popular ‘Artful Snowflake‘ and ‘Backyard Songbirds‘ quilt patterns!

Order the pattern as configured, or customize it to your liking with any of our thousands of fabrics. Just place your desired fabrics in your Wish List, and these fabrics will appear in the Fabric Selector below the pattern.

Click Here for a Video Tutorial of the Free Pattern Designer.
Download Instructions for the pattern at the bottom of the pattern designer page.

Luana and Paul Rubin

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Daylight Savings Time Reminder

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Luana

I hate to tell you this, but tonight is the start of Daylight Savings Time. Be sure to “Spring Ahead” and turn your clock ahead one hour tonight when you go to bed, unless you live in Arizona, Hawaii, or the rest of the world.

We are having a grand time in the classroom this weekend with MJ Kinman, where students are making her beautiful new Elizabeth Diamond quilt. To celebrate her workshop, we are launching a new line of MJ’s Gemstone products: We are producing her Birthstone Fat Quarter Packets in Hoffman 1895 Hand-Dyes and the results are going to be luscious! Our first packet is the Diamond, and we’ll be adding a few each week until we have all 12 Birthstone FQ packets available in Hand-Dyes, to make one giant gorgeous quilt!

As you may have noticed, the world seems to gone crazy over the coronavirus. Things like toilet paper and hand sanitizer are sold out, shelves at supermarkets are empty, and now people are stocking up on things like beans and rice. I am concerned for my mom who is in a nursing home, but we all have to take this one week at a time. I have also noticed the quilters seem to be stocking up on fabric as if they expect to be quarantined! My advice: don’t forget to stock up on thread and sewing machine needles.

Sophie just received her official acceptance letter from CU Boulder: she will be a Music Education major at our local university here in Boulder, which means she can come home on weekends to do her laundry. Her two brothers went to CU, and I also went there long ago, so she’ll be carrying on a family tradition. Students come from all over the US and from around the world to attend our beautiful university, and pay crazy out-of-state tuition…so we feel very lucky to have CU right here in our home town.

Paula Nadelstern’s workshop registration is open and it is filling up fast. We did send out emails to the wait list 24 hours ago, as promised. We recently received 2 new collections designed by Paula, so we’ve been basking in the glow of her kaleidoscopes and counting the weeks until she arrives.

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul

See my Flickr Photo Pages for travel images, comment on our blog, or follow us on Facebook.

Visit Pinterest, eQuilter’s Instagramor Twitter for more Color and Design ideas.

Check out our Video pages for interviews and show reviews.

eQuilter Classroom:
March 28 – Charity Sewing Day – Violet Protest Blocks & Finish Quilt Tops
April 13-15 2020 – Susan Carlson – Sold Out
June 1-5 2020 – Paula Nadelstern – Kaleidoscopes & Quilts – Registration OPEN
July 20-23 Betty Busby – Transfer Dyeing
August 6-9 – Cindy Lohbeck Returns

Luana’s Travel Calendar:
May 14-15 – Quilt Market (May 17 – Sophie’s Graduation!)
June 17-21 – Quilt Canada – Edmonton (Lecture 6/19)
June 26 – Intl Quilt Museum – Lincoln NE – Exhibit Opening & Lecture
July 29 – Aug 2 – “Love Your Mother” in Birmingham UK (Lecture 8/1)
Oct 16-17 – Visions Art Museum – San Diego (Lecture 10/16)

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Free eQuilter Pattern – Paisley Ponies

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Luana

Ride along with us as we gallop into Ann Lauer’s new Horse-themed collection, in this week’s exclusive eQuilter Free Quilt Pattern.

The brilliance of Ann’s animal-themed collections lies not only in the opulent embellished main prints, but also her swirling decorative coordinates.

This generous 58″ x 72″ quilt design combines her Horse panel and Horse allover, with a swirly golden stripe and lots of luscious coordinates. You’ll be carried away by this fabulous group of equine fabric designs!

Featuring the ‘Horsing Around’ collection by Ann Lauer for Benartex.

Don’t miss the popular ‘Backyard Songbirds‘ and ‘Artful Snowflake‘ quilt patterns!

Order the pattern as configured, or customize it to your liking with any of our thousands of fabrics. Just place your desired fabrics in your Wish List, and these fabrics will appear in the Fabric Selector below the pattern.

Click Here for a Video Tutorial of the Free Pattern Designer.
Download Instructions for the pattern at the bottom of the pattern designer page.

Luana and Paul Rubin

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